Past Publications

NOTE: Prices are for mail orders. You may copy publications available electronically for free, subject to the restrictions in their copyright notices. Please add $1.00 postage and handling to mail orders consisting only of free publications. Checks should be made payable to University of Massachusetts-CRM. All publications are staple-bound photocopies except where noted.

Orders should be sent to:

Center for Rural Massachusetts
c/o Department of Landscape Architecture & Regional Planning
109 Hills North, Amherst, MA 01003

Conserving Rural Character.
A condensed video tape version of the Center's slide/tape show on open space development. Narrated by Randall G. Arendt, former Associate Director for Planning and Research, Center for Rural Massachusetts.
Fall 1988 (60 minutes...$48.00 for Massachusetts residents; for out-of-state orders, contact Mr. Arendt at (215) 353-5587).

Dealing with Change in the Connecticut River Valley: A Design Manual for Conservation and Development.
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management and the Center for Rural Massachusetts.
Fall 1988 (184 pages, wire bound glossy.)
Please note: The Center DOES NOT sell this publication. It is available from the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy.
Phone: (617) 661-3016. Cost is $30.00 plus $3.50 postage and handling.

Dealing with Change in the Connecticut River Valley (Vol. One).
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Management and the Center for Rural Massachusetts (NOTE: This history of land-use change in the Connecticut River Valley is the same as Chapter One in the Design Manual listed above.),
Spring 1988 (11 pages, staple bound glossy...free)
Growing Smart.
A professional documentary video tape introducing the concepts of growth management. Produced by the Center for Rural Massachusetts and Monadnock Media, Shutesbury, MA.
Spring 1988 (15 minutes...$28.00)

Improving New Non-Residential Development Regulation for Performance and Appearance.
by Randall G. Arendt, former Associate Director for Planning and Research, Center for Rural Massachusetts.
Spring 1987 (24 pages...$2.50)

Managing Growth in Massachusetts and the Limits of Police Power.
by Edith M. Netter, Esq., and Daniel Barry, Esq., Edith M. Netter Associates, Boston, MA.
Spring 1988 (21 pages...$1.50)

Managing Growth Rates and Amounts.
by Philip B. Herr, Philip B. Herr & Associates, Boston, MA
Spring 1987 (15 pages...$1.50)

Manual of Build-Out Analysis.
a step-by-step how-to guide on the methodology and applicability of this planning tool. by Jeff Lacy, Center for Rural Massachusetts.
Fall 1990 (60 pages, spiral bound black-and-white and color photocopies...$12.00)

Massachusetts Land Trusts: A New Role in the Preacquisition of State Lands.
by George Wilson, Berkshire County Land Trust and Conservation Fund, Pittsfield, MA.
Fall 1987 (7 pages....included with this monograph is Agricultural Land Preservation in Massachusetts, 10 pages. Cost for both is $1.50)

Open Space Zoning: An Effective Way to Retain Rural Character.
by Randall G. Arendt, former Associate Director for Planning and Research, Center for Rural Massachusetts.
Fall 1988 (9 pages...$1.00)

Preserving Open Space in Rural and Suburban Communities.
by Robert D. Yaro, former Director, Center for Rural Massachusetts.
Spring 1987 (7 pages...$1.00)

Analyzing Your Town's Potential For Industrial Development.
by Scott A. Bollens, Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA.
Spring 1989 (19 pages...$1.50)

An Update on the Food Industry in Massachusetts.
by E. Bruce MacDougall with Charlotte Maloney, Amy M. Petrone, Sarah Laverty and Brian Bingham, Center for Rural Massachusetts.
August, 1994 (53 pages, spiral bound photocopies...$5.50)

Information Resources for Telecommunications Planning:A Guide for Rural Massachusetts. (Report) by Christopher J. Campbell. - 1995

Community Technology Centers: Exploring a Tool for Rural Community Development. (Report)
by Christopher J. Campbell. - 1995